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n &. ( v: ; r R L Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures all blood humors, all J eruptions, clears the complex ion, creates an appetite, aids digestion, relieves that tired feeling, gives vigor and vim. Get it toda,- in uual ltfjuid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. WHERE THEY DRAW THE LINE Naturally Men Disapprove of Extrava gance When Their Own Purse Is Concerned. Mrs. William B. Leeds, who took Mrs. (Joorpe Keppel's house in Lon don for the coronation season, came from New York with 40 hufie trunks, all the same size, all mounted with shining brass, all claret-colored, and all as lustrous as the body of a motor c-ar. .Mrs. Leeds, as her 40 trunks imply, drebses very beautifully. She spends a large amount on her wardrobe, and discussing the fact that woman's dress is so much more expensive and so much less durable than wen's, she om-c said: "Wo women dress foolishly, and we will continue to do so till men disap prove; but" she smiled on the men at the table "no man in the world ever disapproved of dress extrava gance in a woman utiles!' she hap pened to he his wife." Detroit Free Press. Why He Quit. "Haven't 1 the privilege of making sugge.s'ions to the man fixing the lawn?" she asked, with i:rs in her voice. "Why, certainly," he assured her. "Well, just because I made a sug gestion to him he threw all his tools in .l.e wheelbarrow in an angry man ner and went away witnoui saying a word." "Why, what had you said to make him act like thai?" "1 j'i;t asked him to plan' a few rice dandelions in the lawn." Thackeray's Kindness of Heart. Thackeray was the gentlest satir ist that ever lived. As editor of the ('ornhill he could hardly bring him self to reject a MS. for fear of hurting his would-be contributors. The story af his actually paying for contribu tion that he never printed, in order to conceal the fact that -he had reject ed them, may be true or false. We do not remember exactly how the evi dence ioints. Hut even if it be a story, such stories are not told of men made of the stern stuff of the Thack eray commonly misknown. Some Aviation Records, fzar Ferdinand of Ilulguria is the first rowned head who has made an aeroplane flight. The aviator who took him up is the first man who ever was knighted in midair. Prince Henry of Prussia is the first professional aviator of royal rank. Mr. Roosevelt is the first prominent statesman to have made an ascension in an aero plane. Arthur J. P.alfour is the sec ond. Lead in Salt Industry. The six leading states in the salt industry are Michigan, New York. Ohio. Kansas. Louisiana and Cali fornia, and in l'JOD these six states produced salt valued at $7,714,557. The salt -from these states is obtained from rock' salt, sea water and natural brine in other words, from all the known sources of salt. With Emphasis. Mistress (hastily sticking a finger into either ear) Kittie. for heaven's t-ake! hat does that frightful noise and profanity in the kitchen mean? Kittie Oh. that's nothin. ma'am! It's on'y cook rejectin' a propos'l av marrij from the ashman! Harper's Bazar. Bribery. Mrs. M. Who did you vote for? Mrs. X I don't remember his name He gave me his seat in the street cat last week. Any man can get into a fight, but sometimes it takes a certain amount of courage to keep cut of one. HEART RIGHT. When He Quit Coffee. Life Insurance Companies will not Insure a man suffering from heart trouble. The reason is obvious. This is a serious matter to the hu& band or father who is solicitous foi the future of his dear ones. Often the heart trouble is caused by an tin expected thing and can be corrected il taken in time and properly treated. A man in Colorado writes: "1 was a great coffee drinker foi many years, and was not aware of the injurious effects of the habit till 1 became a practical invalid, suffering lrom heart trouble, indigestion and nervousness to an extent that made me wretchedly miserable myself and a nuisance to those who witnessed my sufferings. "I continued to drik coffee, how ever, not suspecting that it was the cause of my ill-health, till on applying for life insurance I was rejected on ac count of the trouble with my heart Then I became alarmed. I found that leaving off coffee helped me quickly, so I quit it altogether aud having been attracted by the advertisements of Pcstum I bgan ito use. "The change in my condition was re markable. Ail my ailments vanished. My diges'ion was completely restored, my :ie"i oasness disappeared, and, most impoitant of all, my heart stead ied down r.r.d became normal, and on a tcc-ond examination I was accepted by the Life Insurance Co. Quitting coffee and using Postum worked the change." Name given by Pcstum Co.. Battle Creek.. Mich. "There's a reason," and it is ex plained in the little book. "The Road to AVellville," in pkgs. Xvrr read lie above letter? A et one appran from time to time. Tbey are Renumc, true, a ad tall ox : interest. vvjzz- HB0)0WBR00K k V. ( 1 Ducks eat many bugs. j Goslings muat have free range. The quickest returns are from baby I beef. Exercise is essential to the best growth of the foal. You have some things to learn after J you get an incubator. The best time to cut the lamb's tail and castrate is at one week old. Calves make more gain with a given amount of food than docs older stock. I Too much emphasis cannot be laid upon the use o:' cover crops in our orchards Giving water at irregular times is injurious not only to chicks, but to old fowls. j It is seldom that the very early varieties of potatoes yield so well as j those a little later. Man's object In fruit growing is the production and improvement of the edible portion of the fruit. Good tcatilation is essential; but it should be so arranged that vthe cows shall not be exposed to a draught. everybody knows that In July weather cows give a larger amount of milk than in cold and wintry weather. Build a good shed to shelter the tools; it is doubtful if you can make oo 1-2 per cent, profit in any other way. There is a best temperature for each individual lot of cream, but this can be determined only by experi ence. Are there any old apple trees in , ,, , . . . . .. jour orchard bearing undesirable fruit? Easy to graft good varieties upon them. j J Keep on good terms with the ewes I - !-!. .. , 1 j, so that you can catch and handle ti, .. . . . j, , them without causing undue disturb- ,,,, .,,.,, ance in the pens. i There Is no phase of the dairy busi- j ,,.. I , ,, J i ncas iuul ucuus mure siuay or more careful management than does the breeding of the cow. As the time draws near for calving, the cow should be put into a comfort able box stall, having plenty of bed ding to keep her dry. The open swill barrel standing by the kitchen door is a direct invita tion to typhoid, diphtheria and like dseases to enter the home. "When live stock prices drop it is al ways the man who knows how to make meat at the least cost per pound who realizes the largest profit When the fruit buds come very thick most people take it as a sign of a big yield, but when fruit grows too thickly it must necessarily be very 6inaM. If the udder becomes hard or shows a tendency to garget, apply aasalted lard anc give it a vigoroous rubbing; after whitfc give the ewe a good dose of salts. - Skim milk, which is whole milk, minus part of its fat. and which costs only half as much as whole milk, lur nishes protein about four times as cheaply as beef. When the cow is comfortable and contented, she responds with a flow of milk far in excess of that which she gives when she has been uncomfort able and irritated. Cherry rot or brown rot affects all stone fruits, including peach, apricots, etc. It is by far the most serious and baffling of cherry diseases to the com ni6rcial cherry grower. Barley meal, low grade flour t,a white middlings added to the mash are useful in preventing summer diar rhoeas. Keep granulated charcoal be fore the birds for the same purpose. Xever feed hay. or sweep or in any wv.y stir up dust just previous to milk ing time, tor this will contribute to the introduction of bacteria, which con taminates and injures the quality of the milk. Cull your flocks often and market or eat such birds as it will not pay to keep. Ry penning or crating the culls they can be fattened nicely in three weeks" rime, if well fed. Feed three times a day all they will clean up cf crackt-d corn and a mash of tvrc-third corn meal and one-third equal parts bran aud low rade Hour mixed with skim milk or sour milk. T'se the milk either always sweet or always sour. No time liko the present to clean out the spring or well. It pays to look after the water supply. If the well gos dry try driving a two-inch well point through the bottom of it. There ought to be plenty of water if you so after it. If you have a tiled spring that throws up fine sand and want to settle U- try cleaning out the sand well below the strainer and then fill in around strainer with clean coarse grav el (sand sifted out) and it will work vronders. NOTTS I LS-1 Keep the land busy. Examine tlie ewe's udder. Turkeys are quickly destroyed by In sects. The first crop of alsike clover is the one to save for seed. Mules are especially annoying frequently kUl young colts. and Alfalfa cannot stand pasturing the first season, and never closely. A dair cow should be allowed to rest from six to eight weeks before freshening Where dairying :s not practiced the calf will have also to pay for keeping the cow a year. Twenty tons of stable manure on a half acre is about the right proportion for the garden. The best broom corn is grown in Illinois and Indiana. It requires a deep, rich mellow soil. The way to get a sood milk flow and hold it through the year Is to give nuuu tuns tjUUU calf. I i It is estimated that more than a mil- j lion fruit trees will he set out In Mon- J tana the present season. ', American farmers buy more than one hundred million dollars' worth of farm machinery ever" year. The way be carries his head aud tail more than anything else con- j tributes to stjle in the horse. A capon will sell en the market for about double the price per pound that is paid for uncaponized cockerels. Examine the ewe's udder aud teats carefully; see that both teats are open or you may get a caked udder It Is not enousL that the sire be full-bred; there must be individual merit as well as bir.e-blooded ancestry. Where small runs are used, scrape and sweep them before heavy rains. Then turn the ground over and sow oats. Keep a lookout for colds: it means roup. If you let it run. Fse a little kerosene and vaseline and check the cold. Of course, the fruit must have more or less shade, but nature will take care of that after intelligent pruning has been done t,, .. . , , . , . The milker should be clean in all , , ,, rcts He shoud not use tobacco; Je should wash and dry his hands just before milking. r,.. . . . , , . Tnc Shropshire sheep have, been , j . .. .. ,. , placed rank one. the Hampshire rank !. . i o .u i .i ft. t, two. the fcouthdown three. The Dor- , . . set ranks fourth. . , , Location and demand govern to large extent the particular phase of dairying practiced in the various sections of the country. Every orchardist must use his own judgment as to how his spraying op erations for the control of the codling moth shall be carried on. Where cows are kept in the stalls much of the time, it is not unreason able to cay that the barn should be light enough for one to read in j Don't neglect to grease the wagons that do the regular work about the farm. Hard oil is cheaper : than horseflesh, and a lot more hu mane. Cantaloupes should not be grown near squash, pumpkin or cucumber vines, as the pollen will mix. giving ' the cantaloupes a flavor of the squash ' or cucumber. Feed that Is left In the manger over night after bii:g mussed over becomes sour and should be removed and the manger thoroughly cleaned before put ting in freh feed. Let the new-bcrn calf stay in the stall or pasture with its mother for several days, and she will let ir feed ! at time and in amounts best suited to f its needs in life. During the hot, dry summer, and in fly time, it Is desirable to make dairy cows more comfortable than can be rinno whi! thtv sre rnnninir nhntir nrt gathering their own food. Just how deeply the corn and other spring crops should be cultivated and just how long the cultivation should be continued is a matter upon which farmers differ widely in opinion. i A good raov.er oil is mad by mix- ing. at about 120 degrees, the ordi nary thin cil and the heavy dark grade. If this does not run freely file oft a , half-inch of the snout of the oil can. : The aveniae cow weighs not far from 1.000 pounds: such a cow pro I duclng 7.5 of butter fat per day will ; get along very uell on ::o pounds corn silase. eight pounds clover hay. two pounds corn tribal. 1.5 wheat bran and 1.T distillers' srains. Such feeding will j insure a profit over and above thf I feedin? cost. The use of concrete for stable, barn I and house foundations Is to be com j mended, net only on the ground of cash econo-ny. but also because it makes possible a stable that is sanS- tary. a ban. that is rat proof, and a ' home that is trie lrom the danger of the lodgment of disease in damn ce! : lars and rottir-r foundations. t An Indian Runner duck breeder claims that a flock or Indian Runners t will keep the potato patch free cf ! bugs and work no injury to vines or I garden. This ought to be worth a trial. ! but don't turn ducks loose where there is young corn growing, as they arc very fond of It and will nip off tho i young shoots as fast as they can travel through the row. i i MULES ARE MOST NEGLECTED AND ABUSED OF FARM ANIMALS In First Placet Should be of Good Slock, Not From Scrubby Mare, but Dam of Blood Breeding Qualities by Proper Treatment and Attention it Can be Made in First Year Good Feeding Essential. j bbbm bJBbbbb jBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB y.MHBB fhb XaMRL IbbbbbV "" . H?BH ''b -riff 3Mt - "fiiTMllMWBnPMI MBMI ifrj jwfcgiNacSMBBi ;j 1 Prize Winning Jack. Mules, mil-!. abt: cj ar.d neglected animals, are not gcnrrallv understood by farmers, a mule in the Hrst place must be of good eck. not an off spring i ar.ic s. rubby mare, but a mare .. th g'jod breeding qualities, write Kd M.-!ui-,hIin in the Rur.ii Xcw Yorker A mule o: the man: moth sto"!: - -uproed to be the best mule unc'r nil eruditions Mules nr' cheap.- than r-dts. for the service fee is not j.-- ner.'Ily as high. Mui.y peo ple :cai: a mistake in working tht mare :oo si:;m .after foaling Xevi r work :. man" under ten days, then si.e can du ":ght work, but the mule must be left in the barn. When -he mare is brought in from work nev-r allow the mule to sue I. ss long as the mare is warm After a muie is two or three crks old turn It out in a lot away ircm the mare, especially at night, for a mule is very hard on a mare, much more than colts. When the mule is about two months old he may be allowed to eat a few oats, about a pint in the beginning. Increase as he grows older, or the same amount of brau along with a lit tle hay. alfalfa is preferred. At the age of nine months a mule should be weaned, not gradually, but all at once. Take It away from the mare and never let it suck afterwards. He i DIRT THAT POISONS THE MILK The difference between n clean cow and a dirty one is strikingly shown in the picture. The cow on the right had been running on pasture ten days, sleeping out at night, when the photo graph was taken. Xaturally a great deal of the filth she had accumula ed In a vile stable had been rubbed off and washed off by the rains, but enough remains to show that her milk would carry poison to hundreds of gallons when added to that of other cows in the dairy. At the Illinois station it was found that the milk HORSE VALUE IS INCREASED According to Government Reports Averase Price of Animal in United States Is $1 1 1 .67 Increase of 3. According to the government re ports the average value of horses m the United States is SI 11.67, which is nearly $3 more than it was in 1510. Since 1900. when the automobile be gan to be regarded less as a toy and more as a possible nccc-slty. the av erage value o: the horse has in creased from S44.C1 a gain of $77.07 a head. The gain has kept up every year except cue, when there was a loss of ten cents a head between ISO" and I90S. The period from 1S34 to 1S01 was the low-water mark lor horses. In 1S97 the average value dropped to $31.51. During the years 1SS5. IS'JS. 1S97 and 1S9S. the figures were under $40 for the only time in the history of this country. should be put by hiinseK or tied up. At this time you can give an ear of. corn at a meal and a small amount of hay. The mule should be turned out in fair weather and cot left to stand !; in the stable. A mule should be made before he is a year old. This can be done by good breeding and the proper care. It. is not necessary to give a great quantity o! food to him during the winter, but it must be of the kind to keep him growing, such as alfalfa hay. silage, some corn fodder, some corn and chopped food occasionally. Oats are very good, but very expen sive food. In spring he may be turned out on pasture during the day and fed some hay at night and morning, because grass at this time Is very washy. As the grass gets older leave on pasture, but lie sure to have plenty of shade and water. A mule should not be broken until he is three years old. although many art broken before they are near that age. Supply Summer Pasture. Wt always plan: a piece of corn as early in thi :.pr:ng as the weather will permit, to supplement the pas ture, which is ?:: to dry up in late summe; from tho av race, unwashed, un brushed cow contained many times as much dirt as that from a perfectly clean cow. This is not guess work as a glazed dish equal in size to a paii was held under :i cow's udder 4'. minutes, the average time consumed in milking, while motions similar tc milking were made. The dirt caught in the dish was then carefully weighed. It was then found that milk from soiled and muddy udders similar to that shown by the cow on the right contained from 20 to 24 times as much dirt as from that from a clean cow. Although Illinois is the first stat with respect to the number or horses, the most expp-nyive are found in Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island, where they average $348 each. Connecticut and New Jersey are next. $142. The average value of the horse in Illinois is $123, which is $1 less than in 1910. In Wisconsin the average value is $122. which is $1 more than 1910. The gain In Massachusetts has been $20 a head in one year; in Rhode Island it has fceen $13 a head. The southern states lead by a large margin in mules. The mo?t expensive are in South Carolina, where they are worth $17." ca.ch. Georgia is second. $1C3; and Florida Is third. $161. Mules in Illinois are worth $130 and in Wisconsin $122, the same as horses. A mule is worth $15 more this year than last in South Carolina, $G more in Georgia and Florida. $1 less in Illinois, and $7 more in Wisconsin. A cpnnecticut farmer's daughter, who wa3 obliged to remain at home with her mother, engaged in raismj Japanese spaniels for a livelihood. She cleared $300 last year. Cooling as ai Icicle If you want winterweather if you want to forget dust and the thirst for I As sparkling, wholesome and refreshing asaspring bouse icicle, bo next or thirsty, if you're sells Coca-Cola, go real treat. DELICIOUS C. mt mJ fa BaaV " oarfaMetcilBw TH COCA "Tk.T..!i Baw Abooi Coca-Cola' BBBKBB el Coea-Coli PUTTING IT RATHER NEATLY Piece of Humor That Lifted Diffident Professor to the Highest Summits of Joy. It is to'd that after Professor Av- i toun had made proposals of marriage ' to Miss Emily .lane Yx'ilson. daughter of Christopher Xorth, he was. as a matter of course, referred to hsr father. As the professor was uncom monly dillident. he said to her: "Emily, my dear, you must speak to him for r.te. I could not summon courage to speak to the professor on this subject." "Papa is- in the library." said the lady. "Then you had better go to him." said the professor, "and I will wait here." There being apparently no help for it, the lady proceeded to the library. "Papa's answer is pinned to the i back of my dress," said Miss Wilson, as she re-entered the room. Turning around, the delighted suitor read these words: "With the author's compliments." Success. IN BUGGVILLE. m Willie Fly Heavens! I'm. caught in a cyclone! Ben's Logic. "Ben." said his friend, waking up from a reverie in which he had been gazing abstractedly r the shiny ex panse of Pen's skatin'-rink-for-flies. "is there nothing you could do for your baldness?" l'en. by the way. is on., forty. "Xo. lad!" be replied with de cision. "Fifteen years ago I was courting strong, and I tried lots o things. Hut about that ti-ne f prince of Wales Edward, you know came to ope., t" new hospital, and I said to myself as soon as I saw him liftin his hat to t" crowd. "Ben. my lad. tha can give it up as a ha- job. and save thy brass. If there was owt 'at 'ud cure a bald heead they'd ha" curd his. "Tit-Bits. In Gold. "Is your ball over here?" "Is it in a hole?" "Yes." "A deep hole?" "With slightly overhanging bauks, so you can't possibly get at it?" "Yes-." "Then it's my ball, all risht." Stop the Pain. Th hurt tf :t burn or a ;: -sr-jps a'-.t CoIeV CarbolisalV'- is applied. 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